Auction Reports

Bonhams

Auction Info

Sale Name
Rock, Pop and Film
Auction Date
05/24/2023 - 05/24/2023
Year of Sale
2023
Sale Number
#28539
Total Lots
313
Sold Lots
206
Lots Sold
65.8%
Unsold Lots
107
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
783,096.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
459,900.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
637,950.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
642,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
896,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
87.40%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
957,122.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
311 Jeff Beck: An Important Graffiti Yellow Working Prototype Fender Stratocaster Guitar Made Specially For Jeff Beck by Fender and Used On Tour Between 1986-1989,

1986-1990

 GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 76,600.00
204 Mick Rock (British, 1944-2021): David Bowie 1972/1973, A Rare Archival Box Set Of Twenty-One Photographs,

2016-06-01

 GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 51,200.00
134 John Lennon: A Rare Sequence Of Six Line Drawings By John Lennon,

circa 1970

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 35,840.00
176 Mike Rutherford/Genesis: A Rickenbacker 360-12 guitar owned and used by Mike Rutherford,

1974

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 28,160.00
294 Noel Gallagher / Oasis: A Gibson Les Paul Standard Owned By Noel Gallagher,

1982

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 28,160.00
210 Bee Gees / Maurice Gibb: A Rickenbacker 4001 Bass Guitar Owned And Played By Maurice Gibb, Signed By Each Member Of The Bee Gees,

1970

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 25,600.00
173 Jimi Hendrix Experience: A Rare Autographed Copy Of The Album Axis: Bold As Love,

1967

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 24,320.00
123 The Beatles: A Multi-Cel Set-up of The Beatles with Pan Production Background From The Yellow Submarine,

1968

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 23,040.00
174 Led Zeppelin: An Autographed Copy Of The Album Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols),

1971

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 19,200.00
94 Stuart Sutcliffe (British 1940-1962): Untitled,

1960

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 17,920.00
169 The Putney: A Rare EMS VCS3 Mk1 Analogue Modular Synthesizer,

1970/71

 GBP 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 14,080.00
98 The Beatles: An Autographed Publicity Card,

1963

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 11,520.00
289 Music: Three Extensively Signed Wooden Panels from Denmark Street's 'Vintage 'n' Rare Guitars' Shop,

1980s-2000s

 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 10,240.00
288 The Cure: A Set of Handwritten and Autographed Lyrics For Just Like Heaven By Robert Smith,

2021

 GBP 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,240.00
297 Coldplay: Original Handwritten Lyrics For 'Paradise' By Chris Martin,

2011

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 9,600.00
91 Bob Dylan: A Handwritten Lyric Sheet For 'North Country Blues',

1974

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 9,600.00
137 John Lennon & Yoko Ono: A Rare Promotional Pressing For Their Japanese Interview Signed and Inscribed by John and Yoko,

1971

 GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 9,600.00
187 Queen: Freddie Mercury's Personally Owned Promotional Display Model Of 'Frank the Robot' From The Album News of the World,

1977

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 8,320.00
303 Nile Rodgers: A Fender Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster Guitar Signed by Nile Rodgers,

2022

 GBP 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 8,320.00
78 Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets: A Production-Made Gryffindor Quidditch Jumper Made For Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter),

2001

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 8,320.00
188 Queen: 'The Complete Works' Box Set With Autographed Album Sleeve,

1985

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 7,040.00
99 The Beatles: An Autographed Coronation Street TV Series Script Page,

1963

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 7,040.00
101 The Beatles: A Set Of Autographs,

1963

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 7,040.00
70 Chris Foss (British, born 1946): City Gates Original Artwork Used For The Cover Of Isaac Asimov's 'Earth Is Room Enough',

circa 1984

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 6,400.00
28 Goldfinger

1964

 GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 6,400.00
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  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.